Purrloin Raid Guide

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Purrloin

Purrloin is a pure Dark type Tier 1 Raid Boss. Its counters include strong Fairy, Fighting and Bug types.

Purrloin is an effortless solo for trainers of any level!

This article will highlight the ideal counters and everything else you need to know about Purrloin as a Raid Boss. 


Purrloin Counters

Since Shadow Pokémon are extremely expensive to power up and require specific events to remove Frustration with a Charge TM, they will NOT be listed as raid counters in this article. That being said, if you have the shadow form of a listed raid counter Pokémon powered up and TMed, use it.

Let’s check out the top raid counters for Purrloin:

# Pokémon Fast Move Charge Move Time to win Deaths
1. Pheromosa Bug Bite Bug Bug Buzz Bug 6.20s 0.00
2. Conkeldurr Counter Fighting Dynamic Punch Fighting 6.80s 0.00
3. Breloom Counter Fighting Dynamic Punch Fighting 6.80s 0.00
4. Terrakion Double Kick Fighting Sacred Sword Fighting 6.98s 0.00
5. Lucario Counter Fighting Aura Sphere Fighting 8.20s 0.00
6. Tapu Bulu Rock Smash Fighting Dazzling Gleam Fairy 8.80s 0.00
7. Granbull Charm Fairy Play Rough Fairy 9.09s 0.00
8. Machamp Counter Fighting Dynamic Punch Fighting 9.12s 0.00
9. Buzzwole Counter Fighting Superpower Fighting 9.40s 0.00
10. Hitmonlee Double Kick Fighting Close Combat Fighting 9.40s 0.00
11. Pinsir Bug Bite Bug Close Combat Fighting 9.59s 0.00
12. Gardevoir Charm Fairy Dazzling Gleam Fairy 9.67s 0.00
13. Togekiss Charm Fairy Dazzling Gleam Fairy 9.67s 0.00
14. Vikavolt Bug Bite Bug X-Scissor Bug 9.81s 0.00
15. Sylveon Charm Fairy Dazzling Gleam Fairy 9.95s 0.00
16. Alakazam Counter Fighting Dazzling Gleam Fairy 9.92s 0.00
17. Hariyama Counter Fighting Dynamic Punch Fighting 9.99s 0.00
18. Toxicroak Counter Fighting Dynamic Punch Fighting 10.03s 0.00
19. Escavalier Bug Bite Bug Megahorn Bug 10.09s 0.00
20. Scolipede Bug Bite Bug Megahorn Bug 10.13s 0.00
21. Regigigas Hidden Power Normal Giga Impact Normal 10.20s 0.00
22. Florges Fairy Wind Fairy Moonblast Fairy 10.36s 0.00
23. Pangoro Low Kick Fighting Close Combat Fighting 10.35s 0.00
24. Gallade Low Kick Fighting Close Combat Fighting 10.40s 0.00
25. Xurkitree Spark Electric Dazzling Gleam Fairy 10.39s 0.00
26. Mienshao Low Kick Fighting Brick Break Fighting 10.47s 0.00
27. Mewtwo Psycho Cut Psychic Focus Blast Fighting 10.52s 0.00
28. Haxorus Counter Fighting Dragon Claw Dragon 10.50s 0.00

Best Mega Pokémon vs Purrloin

# Pokémon Fast Move Charge Move Time to win Deaths
1. Scizor (Mega) Fury Cutter Bug X-Scissor Bug 7.45s 0.00
2. Charizard (Mega Y) Wing Attack Flying Blast Burn Fire 7.70s 0.00
3. Beedrill (Mega) Bug Bite Bug Sludge Bomb Poison 7.80s 0.00
4. Altaria (Mega) Dragon Breath Dragon Dazzling Gleam Fairy 8.28s 0.00
5. Charizard (Mega X) Fire Spin Fire Blast Burn Fire 8.40s 0.00
6. Latias (Mega) Dragon Breath Dragon Outrage Dragon 8.70s 0.00
7. Manectric (Mega) Thunder Fang Electric Thunder Electric 9.00s 0.00
8. Ampharos (Mega) Volt SwitchElectric Thunder Electric 9.41s 0.00
9. Gengar (Mega) Hex Ghost Sludge Wave Poison 9.61s 0.00
10. Absol (Mega) Snarl Dark Megahorn Bug 9.60s 0.00


Purrloin Stats

Purrloin Dark
Max CP at lvl 40 772 | Max CP at lvl 50 872
ATK 98 DEF 73 HP 121
Weak to Strong Against
Bug Fairy Fighting Ghost Psychic

 

Purrloin Obtainable CP values from the Raid

Purrloin can be caught with the following CP values:

  • 401 – 441 CP at level 20, no weather boost
  • 502 – 551 CP at level 25 with Fog weather boost

Purrloin Movepool

Fast Moves Charge Moves
  • Scratch Normal
  • Sucker Punch Dark
  • Play Rough Fairy
  • Night Slash Dark
  • Dark Pulse Dark

All the best, trainers!

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MeteorAsh15
MeteorAsh15
My name is Niladri Sarkar. A Team Valor Trainer, I'm a Pokémon Battle Mechanics Specialist & a Dragon Master on Smogon's Pokémon Showdown where I particularly excel with Dragon types and Weather teams in Ubers / OU. I love to apply my vast knowledge and experience to the ever changing meta of Pokémon Go, specialising in DPS/TDO math, movesets, the Master League and Dragon types. Garchomp is my best Pokémon pal through and through.

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